Solid Waste Experts' White Paper Clarifies Recycling Rates

Bill Moore of Moore & Associates, an Atlanta-based consulting firm for the paper and paper recycling industry, and Peter Engel of Kessler Consulting Inc., a solid waste consulting firm based in Tampa, Florida, have announced the release of a white paper, “Demystifying MSW Recycling Rates,” which sheds light on “real” recovery rates of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the United States.

The project team says it believes this is the first study to integrate national MSW recovery rate data and distinguish between residential sectors versus industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) sectors.

“With so much emphasis on recycling and diversion in the market right now, there is a huge amount of confusion and contradiction about recycling rates,” says Moore.